deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness · error · UserQuestionError

CALLER_NOT_LIVE

CALLER_NOT_LIVE

Error message

human interaction requires the exact live calling agent when an agent is supplied

What it means

Error "human interaction requires the exact live calling agent when an agent is supplied" thrown in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.

Source

Thrown at packages/interaction/user-questions/src/index.ts:103

   *
   * @param request Questions, owner agent, and abort signal.
   * @returns The answer chosen or typed by the human.
   * @throws {UserQuestionError} code `CALLER_NOT_LIVE` when a supplied
   *   agent is not the registry's exact live instance, or `DELEGATED_CALLER`
   *   when that live agent is owned by another agent.
   */
  async ask(request: AskUserQuestionRequest): Promise<AskUserQuestionAnswer> {
    if (request.signal?.aborted) {
      throw new UserQuestionError('ask_user_question was aborted before the user answered', 'ASK_ABORTED')
    }
    if (request.questions.length === 0) {
      throw new UserQuestionError('ask_user_question requires at least one question', 'EMPTY_QUESTIONS')
    }
    const agent = request.agent
    if (agent !== undefined) {
      const agents = this.ctx.get('agents')
      if (agents === undefined || agents.get(agent.id) !== agent) {
        throw new UserQuestionError(
          'human interaction requires the exact live calling agent when an agent is supplied',
          'CALLER_NOT_LIVE')
      }
      if (!agents.roots().includes(agent)) {
        throw new UserQuestionError(
          'human interaction is unavailable while the calling agent is owned by another live agent; '
          + "include the unresolved question or decision in the child agent's final result",
          'DELEGATED_CALLER')
      }
    }
    // A presentation intent asserts two things the types cannot: that the
    // named approve label is one of this question's own options, and that a
    // plan-review carries the plan it is a review of. A UI honouring the
    // intent answers with that label, and shows that detail as the plan, so
    // either gap would put a choice the asker never offered — or an approval of
    // something invisible — in front of the user. Caught at the asker, where
    // the mistake is, rather than in each UI.
    for (const question of request.questions) {

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Solutions

1. Pass the exact live calling agent instance, not a stale or reconstructed agent reference.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/interaction/user-questions/src/index.ts:103 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness@b150a551b8 (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2f4396d8fb6437d4. Report an issue: GitHub.